CN101488005B

CN101488005B - Alarm control mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN101488005B
Application number: CN2008101895672A
Authority: CN
Inventors: E·戈勒
Original assignee: Montres Breguet SA
Current assignee: Montres Breguet SA
Priority date: 2007-12-20
Filing date: 2008-12-19
Publication date: 2012-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 2028-12-19
Also published as: SG153781A1; CN101488005A; HK1134557A1; KR20090067103A; JP2009150890A; US7613077B2; JP5408987B2; EP2073076B1; EP2073076A1; US20090161497A1

Abstract

The invention concerns an alarm control mechanism, which is of reduced size widthways and can trigger the striking mechanism with precision. The mechanism includes a group of coaxial wheels (1) including: an hour cam (3), which makes one revolution in 24 hours; a trigger wheel (4) provided with a pinion (6) and an external circular toothing (5), which cooperates with a striking mechanism trigger (30); a programming wheel (7) carrying a cam follower lever (8) and angularly positioned by means (25) for setting the alarm time; a retaining disc, which is called a surprise-piece (11) and is provided with a return spring (12); and a minute cam (14) that makes one revolution per hour. The lever (8) includes a pin (40), which can press against the cams (3, 14) and the surprise-piece (11), and a rack engaged on the pinion (6), such that a radial movement of the lever (8) pivots the trigger wheel (4) in relation to the programming wheel (7). The minute cam (14) includes two notches, for repeating the alarm striking mechanism after an interval of a few minutes.

Description

Alarm control mechanism

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of alarm control mechanism; Comprise: trigger striking mechanism parts, have the rotating hour cam of radial indent, be adjacent to cam follower and the hand gear of setting alarm clock time that hour cam and its motion can start the striking mechanism trigger to approximate radial, it is provided for adjusting the relative angle position of hour cam and cam follower.

The system of getting ready in the alarm clock timer not only indicated in term " alarm clock ", and indication produces any device of signal (being also referred to as make a noise alert) at preselected time in any timer (particularly wrist-watch).

Background technology

No. 341771 Swiss Patent explained an example of such mechanism, and this mechanism comprises rocking bar, and an arm of rocking bar is promoted to go along the edge of the rotating screw shape cam with steep radial indent by spring.The motion that cam frictionally is installed in through timer drives and in twenty four hours, accomplishes on the wheel of a revolution, and the position, angle that can adjust this cam thus is with the setting alarm clock time.Another arm of bar with the device that triggers striking mechanism and the button that is used to stop striking mechanism matching.Such bar occupies sizable space on the cam next door, and this especially can become defective in the wrist-watch of large complicatedization.

In common alarm control mechanism, the mechanism of for example in No. the 1397982nd, BrP, describing comprises two coaxial wheels; Between them, has the front cam system; Thus, at alarm time, a wheel in said the wheel is axially taken turns motion and thereby triggering striking mechanism towards another.The major defect of these mechanisms be the moment that alarm clock is triggered said mechanism lack the problem that precision and existence make system reset relatively, therefore after 24 hours, get ready once more in this system under the situation that the operation that is not used the person resets specially.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to make a kind of alarm control mechanism of avoiding the aforementioned disadvantages of prior art to a great extent, limit the occupied space of this mechanism simultaneously, for example this mechanism can incorporate in the movement of large-scale complicated wrist-watch thus.Specific purpose is to make a kind of like this mechanism, and both, if necessary, this mechanism can be associated with a minute cam, so that confirm the moment that striking mechanism is triggered more accurately.And specific embodiment of the present invention should allow alarm clock a few minutes after alarm time to get ready for the second time.

According to basic design of the present invention, the mechanism that limits in a kind of claim 1 is provided.

Like this, concentrate on the compact coaxial wheels from alarm clock hour cam to the kinematic chain that triggers wheel, compact coaxial wheels can carry and in the plane, occupy the space that reduces by public axle.Since for the setting alarm clock time to programmed control wheel (programming wheel) but not a hour cam work, therefore no longer a hour cam need be installed with rubbing, thereby entire mechanism can be positive drive mechanism (positive drivemechanism).

In addition, according to improved embodiment, these coaxial wheels also can comprise alarm clock minute cam.Drive this cam so that it per hour rotates a circle, and this cam comprises at least one radial slot.Cam follower comprises and the second adjacent dactylozoite of minute cam.Like this, moment of being triggered of striking mechanism is confirmed by the cooperation of the relevant position of minute cam cut and hour cam cut.Because this characteristic can be confirmed the moment that striking mechanism is triggered more accurately.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be from the descriptions of following preferred embodiment with reference to accompanying drawing and are appeared.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic plan view of alarm control mechanism of the present invention, and this mechanism has coaxial wheels in alarm watch, and especially, these coaxial wheels comprise the programmed control wheel that triggers wheel, two cams and match with cam follower;

Fig. 2 is the schematic sectional view along the line II-II intercepting among Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the perspective schematic view of programmed control wheel;

Figure 4 and 5 are the fragmentary, perspective view that two cams and cam follower are shown;

Fig. 6 a illustrates the normal position of cam follower;

Fig. 6 b and 6c illustrate two of cam follower other working positions.

Embodiment

Alarm control mechanism shown in Fig. 1 and 2 comprises coaxial wheels 1, and these coaxial wheels comprise in Fig. 2 from top to bottom: hour wheel 2 provides hour cam 3; Trigger wheel 4, provide circular external tooth 5 and pinion wheel 6; Programmed control wheel 7, it carries cam follower lver 8 and am/pm (am/pm) cam 9; Be called the holding tray of surprise piece (surprise-piece) 11, provide spring 12; And minute wheel 13 provides minute cam 14.Center pit 16 through organize 1 all take turns so that said the wheel to be installed, thereby said the wheel can rotate freely on axle.Each takes turns common axis 17 rotations that therefore can center on perpendicular to the plate (not shown) of time-meter movement.Hour wheel 2 and minute wheel 13 are connected by gear train, and gear train has 24: 1 ratio of gear and comprises minute wheel and the pinion wheel 20 of the simulation current time display of wrist-watch (analogue current time display).This minute wheel and pinion wheel 20 comprise wheel 21, and wheel 21 drives with wheel 13 engagements and by time-meter movement in a usual manner, thereby makes wheel 13 per hour rotate a circle.Minute wheel and pinion wheel 20 further comprise pinion wheel 22, and pinion wheel 22 is connected to hour wheel 2 through two

breast wheels

23 and 24, thereby hour wheel was accomplished the rotation in a week continuously in 24 hours.Like this, the current time that cam 3 and the representative of 13 position are shown by indicator, it has additional information section (am/pm), because cam 2 is to confirm the time in 24 hours rather than 12 hours.

Fig. 1 illustrates the element of group 1 with perspective fashion.In this example, in fact wheel 4 and 7 external tooth has much at one diameter and so identical in planimetric map.The tooth and the unshowned pinion of programmed control wheel 4, this pinion wheel is fixed in the wheel 26 of a part that constitutes manual alarm time setting device 25.These devices are conventional and need describe at this.Only it is to be noted; In this case; Wheel 26 constitutes the minute wheel of simulation alarm time display and the part of pinion wheel; This display comprises: minute hand, in 12 hours, accomplish a revolution hour hands and by with the am/pm indicator of feeler lever (feeler-spindle) 27 controls of the edges abut of cam 9, this cam 9 is fixed in hour wheel 2.

The bar that is carried by pivot 31 constitutes striking mechanism trigger 30.Be positioned at the tooth bar 32 and the tooth that triggers wheel 45 engagements of an end of trigger 30.This part of trigger 30 that comprises tooth bar 32 has small elasticity in its plane, this makes tooth bar act on tooth 5 as pawl, below will make explanations to this.In dextrorotation veer deflection, the intensity of retracing spring only is enough to keep tooth bar 32 to be adjacent to tooth 5 slightly to trigger 30 through weak relatively retracing spring (not shown).And; When striking mechanism was in its triggering state, the power of the wind spring R stronger than retracing spring acting force was tending towards the trigger 30 that deasil pivots, thereby keeps this trigger 30 to be pressed in forcefully on the tooth 5; And be tending towards thus rotating in the counterclockwise and trigger wheel 4, shown in arrow A.The other end of trigger 30 provides particular component 34, is used for the work of control striking mechanism when trigger pivots clockwise, and when striking mechanism stops, controlling the return movement of trigger.These parts can be the parts of various known types and need not describe in detail at this.

Fig. 3,6a, 6b and 6c illustrate the details that is installed on the cam follower lver 8 on the programmed control wheel 7 by means of being positioned at the pivot 36 on the wheel 7 prejudicially; Bar 8 has the outstanding sidepiece that provides tooth bar 37; Tooth bar 37 and the pinion wheel that triggers wheel 56 engagements; In order to make diagrammatic sketch clearer, trigger wheel 5 and from these figure, remove.In order to stop floating of bar 8, the spring 38 that bar 8 is fixed in wheel 7 by rear end 39 inwardly pushes slightly, and bar 8 adjacent ground connection lean against on the tooth of pinion wheel 6 like this.The skeleton view of Figure 4 and 5 illustrate in greater detail bar 8 how with

cam

3 and 14 and surprise piece 11 match.The pin 40 of triangular-section is fixed in the front end of bar and extends abreast with axis 17.Sell 40 formation top dactylozoite 40a and bottom dactylozoite 40b, said dactylozoite can more or less radially be adjacent to

cam

3 and 14 periphery and surprise piece 11 separately.In triggering wheel 4, be provided with aperture 41 (see figure 1)s, thereby allow pin 40 to pass through, make pin 40 take turns motion with respect to said with enough play.And Fig. 3 is illustrated in wheel and aperture 42 is set in 7 takes turns through said non-contiguously to allow pin 40 (omitting so that diagrammatic sketch is clear in the figure).

Now will be in more detail with reference to Figure 4 and 5.The periphery of hour cam 3 comprises cylindrical part 43 and radial slot 44.The periphery of minute cam 14 comprises that also radius is slightly less than the cylindrical part 46 of radius of the part 43 of another cam, and the recess that radially enters the mouth departs from two

radial slots

47 and 48 of 30 ° mutually; These 30 ° are departed from and are equivalent to cam 14 rotation 5 minutes.The periphery of surprise piece 11 comprises that radius is slightly less than the part 43 of cam and the cylindrical part 50 of 46 radius, and identical with the angular deflection degree of

otch

47 and 48 two radial slots 51 and 52.Yet said radial slot is narrower than

otch

47 and 48 in a circumferential direction a little.Each

otch

51,52 of surprise piece has been followed outshot 53,54 respectively, and the outside surface of said outshot comprises inlet inclined-

plane

55,56, and radius is followed less times greater than the cylindrical part 43 of cam and 46

cylindrical part

57,58 in said inlet inclined-plane.It is adjacent that one is formed in an end and the pin 59 of the spring 12 in the surprise piece 11, and pin 59 is fixed in minute cam 14 and is tending towards surprise piece is remained on the relative position on the cam, thus the outshot 53 of surprise piece and 54 covering otch 47 and 48.Yet when surprise piece during along the counter clockwise direction pressurized, spring 12 has sufficient end-play to allow surprise piece 11 on cam 14, sufficiently to pivot exposing

otch

47 and 48, and allows in the said otch of pin 40 entering thus.

This mechanism turns round with following mode.The user with appropriate command through the 26 (see figure 1) setting alarm clock times of swiveling wheel (resolution is about one minute).The user locatees hour hands and the minute hand and the programmed control wheel 7 of alarm time display thus and triggers wheel 4, and this triggering wheel 4 is connected in wheel 7 through its pinion wheel 6 and cam follower lver 8.Alarm time is only set in one direction, thereby takes turns 4 and 7 with the rotation of the counter clockwise direction A among Fig. 1, and time set order is simultaneously tilted trigger 30 clockwise and discharged tooth bar 32 so that take turns 4 rotations from tooth 5 thus.Because the slight drag that provides of pinion wheel 6, bar 8 rises to the position shown in Fig. 6 b subsequently, is kept away from cam and surprise piece 11 at the pin 40 of this position bar 8.

When not having the setting alarm clock striking mechanism, wind spring R does not produce effect.Trigger 30 only passes through their faint retracing springs and deflection with cam follower lver 8, therefore sells 40 and only slightly presses against on cam and the surprise piece.Because the rotation that spring 12 provides enough resistances to sell with prevention is sold 40 like this and can not be got into the

otch

47 and 48 that is covered by the outshot 53 of surprise piece and 54.Pin 40 slips over the inclined-

plane

55,56 of hour cam and the outshot through slipping over surprise piece and crosses said outshot.Because bar 8 and sell 40 and move on 7 considerably lessly at wheel, wheel 4 and pinion wheel 6 almost keeps static and thereby do not make trigger 30 motions.

If set the alarm clock striking mechanism, this means that so spring R on arrow R and A direction (Fig. 1) acts on trigger 30 and triggers wheel 4.With reference to Fig. 3 and 6a, pinion wheel 6 produces torque subsequently on bar 8, and this torque is tending towards certain power with relative cam and surprise piece radially by pad 40.Before alarm time, the cylindrical part 43 of selling 40 relative hours cams 3 slide and therefore when otch in the front of pin through the time can not fall into the otch of minute cam.

A few minutes before alarm time, the recess 44 of hour cam passes through in pin 40 fronts.Pin can carry out cylindrical part 46 slips of small radial motion with relative minute cam 14, situation as shown in Figure 5 subsequently.Pin subsequently via first outshot 53 of the surprise piece 11 of first otch 47 that covers minute cam 55 and contacted.Power F is enough to make pin 40 A pivot surprise piece in the counterclockwise direction, overcomes the resistance that spring 12 imposes on this motion, is being elected to be up to pin till the accurate moment entering otch 47 of alarm time.Under the effect of spring R, bar 8 restricted ground oscillating motions are to the position shown in Fig. 6 c.Via tooth bar 37, this motion allow through pinion wheel 6 with trigger wheel 4 and reach the degree that is enough to trigger the alarm clock striking mechanism along the limited pivot that counterclockwise A and trigger 30 carry out along clockwise direction.Like this, trigger the function that wheel 4 and pinion wheel 6 thereof have realized being arranged on the breast wheel between bar 8 and the striking mechanism trigger 30, its be used for from first to the two transmit oscillating motion, vice versa.Because wheel 4 tooth 5 be circular, therefore to tie up to any position of programmed control wheel 7 all be effective, just all effective to the setting of any alarm time in this pass.

If the user stops striking mechanism, this power F that just stops the effect of wind spring R and sell the bar 8 on 40 so.Pin 40 sidepieces via otch 47 are pushed back outside the otch 47, allow surprise piece to return to cover otch like this, can not return the entering otch thereby sell.When second otch 48 of minute cam arrived the front of pin 40, the inclined-plane 56 of the outshot 54 of surprise piece 11 was resisted to push back pin and to allow said pin to pass through with the mode on the surface 58 that slips over surprise piece fully.Like this, pin can not get into second otch 48.In case second otch and outshot 54 have passed through, pin 40 just can return with hour cam 3 adjacent, and the otch 43 of hour cam has been accomplished and passed through.

If the user does not stop striking mechanism at alarm time, so since the tooth bar that also acts on parts 34 with pivot the widdershins suitable mechanism of trigger 30 of the power that overcomes spring R, striking mechanism stops after at the fixed time automatically.Therefore pin 40 can return outside the otch 47 as formerly pointing out in the leading portion.Next, said mechanism stops to push back trigger 30; The effect of spring R is will sell again by being pressed on the surprise piece 11, is pressed onto then on minute cam 14.The cylindrical surface of cam subsequently under situation shown in Fig. 4 relatively pin slide, up to second outshot 54 of surprise piece and pin in abutting connection with and by pin till pusher, thereby cause that surprise piece is as such pivot when the alarm time.Alarm time five minutes later, second otch 48 of minute cam travel forward enough amounts so that sell 40 and can get into second otch and therefore allow

element

8,6, and 4 and 30 pivot with the triggering striking mechanism.This process is to continue with identical mode when the alarm time subsequently.If desired, minute cam can have the 3rd radial slot to be used for triggering for the third time striking mechanism.

Above-described structure can obviously be out of shape under the situation that does not lose the basic operation characteristic, and it is to pivot the triggering wheel to trigger striking mechanism with respect to the programmed control wheel.For example, bar 8 can be replaced by sliding members.Another modification can be, is engaged in the permanent system that is arranged in the skewed slot that triggers in the wheel 4 and replaces tooth bar driving member 37 and pinion wheel 6 through selling 40, makes any radial motion of pin can both cause that wheel pivots, and vice versa.

And; It should be noted that; If lower alarm time precision can meet the demands, basic design so of the present invention can be applied to need after a few minutes, not restart the situation of striking mechanism, even is applied to need not use the situation of minute cam.

Claims

1. an alarm control mechanism comprises: striking mechanism trigger (30); Hour cam (3), said hour cam (3) be driven in and rotate a circle in 24 hours and have radial indent; Cam follower (8) is adjacent to hour cam to said cam follower (8) approximate radial and its motion can start the striking mechanism trigger; And the hand gear (25) that is used for the setting alarm clock time, the said hand gear (25) that is used for the setting alarm clock time is set to adjust the relative angle position of hour cam and cam follower,

It is characterized in that; Said alarm control mechanism comprises programmed control wheel (7) and triggers wheel (4); The two all has identical rotation (17) with a hour cam (3); Programmed control wheel (7) is connected to this hand gear that is used for the setting alarm clock time (25), and trigger wheel (4) and have the round tooth (5) that cooperates with the striking mechanism trigger, and; Cam follower (8) is mounted on programmed control wheel (7), to move and to be connected to and triggers wheel (4), and said triggering wheel is pivoted with respect to the programmed control wheel.

2. mechanism according to claim 1 is characterized in that, cam follower (8) is installed on the pivot (36), and said pivot (36) is positioned on the programmed control wheel (7) prejudicially.

3. mechanism according to claim 1 is characterized in that, cam follower (8) is formed by the bar with first dactylozoite (40a) that is adjacent to a hour cam (3).

4. mechanism according to claim 2 is characterized in that, cam follower (8) is formed by the bar with first dactylozoite (40a) that is adjacent to a hour cam (3).

5. mechanism according to claim 4 is characterized in that, cam follower (8) provides the tooth bar that is meshed with the pinion wheel that triggers wheel (4) (6) (37).

6. according to the described mechanism of aforementioned arbitrary claim; It is characterized in that; The striking mechanism trigger (30) that is provided for pivoting back and forth comprises the band toothed portion (32) that cooperates with the said tooth that triggers wheel (4), so that on first direction (A), follow the rotation of said triggering wheel, yet in the rotary course in the opposite direction; Carry out extra rotation if trigger wheel, be with toothed portion (32) to carry out return movement so and equally work with the after image pawl.

7. mechanism according to claim 6; It is characterized in that; When striking mechanism is set; Make striking mechanism trigger (30) deflection through being tending towards making trigger drive the spring (R) that triggers wheel (4), make that triggering wheel is tending towards cam follower (8) by being pressed on hour cam at said first direction (A).

8. according to claim 3 or 4 described mechanisms; It is characterized in that; Said mechanism comprises a minute cam (14); Said minute cam is actuated to just per hour to rotate a circle and comprise at least one radial slot (47) around the rotation (17) identical with a hour cam (3), and, cam follower (8) comprise can be adjacent with minute cam second dactylozoite (40b).

9. mechanism according to claim 8 is characterized in that, hour cam (3) is connected by gear with a minute cam (14), and said gear comprises the minute wheel and the pinion wheel (20) of a part that forms the current time conformable display.

10. mechanism according to claim 8; It is characterized in that; Minute cam (14) comprises at least two continuous radial slots (47 and 48) and is associated with the holding tray that is called surprise piece (11), and said surprise piece can pivot and has at least two outshots (53 and 54) that when surprise piece is in rest position, cover said radial slot around said rotation (17) against retracing spring (12).